Education
2026: QQI Level 6: Audio & Video for Online Platforms, DkIT
2021-23: MFA in Photography, Ulster University, Belfast
2022: QQI Level 6: Training Delivery and Evaluation
2020: QQI Level 5 Irish Times Diploma in Marketing and Social Media
2020: Mobile Photography Diploma (Centre of Excellence)
2020: Seeing Through Photographs (Museum of Modern Art, NY)
1993: Degree in Photography (NFQ Level 7). Dublin Institute of Technology

Recent Events
In Conversation with curator Ruth Hogan, artists Mette Roche and Theresa King (June 2026)
Longlisted for Remedy Photo Festival, Lincoln, England, May 2026
Artist’s Talk with Emilie Pine for A Joining of Self, Solstice Arts Centre, Meath, 2024
Artist’s Talk for A Joining of Self, The Darkroom, Dublin, 2023
Artists’ Talk for Else Time, Belfast Exposed Gallery, 2023.

Current Employment
2001-date: The Gallery Press, Loughcrew, Oldcastle, Co Meath

Recent Projects
A Joining of Self: A series of photographs addressing fragmented memory and secrecy around childhood trauma.
Forsaken Ireland: Photographs of abandoned buildings around Ireland with a view to highlighting their current condition made between 2013 and 2021.
Welcome to Graceland: A photographic documentary series about Patsy Boylan and his obsession with Elvis Presley.
An Act of Madness: A short story about depression and institutional incarceration in Ireland in the early 20th century, written by Martin Towey with photographs by Suella Holland.

Publications
2024: A Joining of Self zine (PhotoIreland TLP Editions)
2024: Source Photographic Review #115 – Portfolio Feature with article by Jennifer Good
2023: Fair Days (zine)
2022: Change, The Darkroom, Dublin
2019: An Act of Madness (Suella Holland/Martin Towey)

Residencies/Workshops
2026: Recipient Townhall Cavan Artists Studio Award
2026: (October) Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annamakerrig, Co Monaghan
2026: ‘Discovery Lab’ at Swift Cultural Centre, Trim, Co Meath with ReVerve Artist Collective
2025: Mordençage Workshop with Elizabeth Opalenik, Maine Media Workshops, Maine, USA
2024: Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency

Awards
2026: Cavan Arts Professional Artists Award
2024: Cavan Arts Professional Artists Award
2023: Nominated for a Star Photobook Dummy Award (result pending)
2023: Nominated for a RADAR PhotoIreland Award
2019: Annual Funding Award – Cavan Arts Office.
2019: Bursary – Cavan Arts Office.
2017: Secured residency at Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig.
2015: Annual Funding Award – Meath County Council Arts Office.
2007: Annual Funding Award – Meath County Council Arts Office.

Collections
Meath County Council Arts Collection
Meath County Library Collection
Cavan County Council Arts Collection
Kells Type Trail Archive
Private collections worldwide

Solo & Collaborative Exhibitions

2026 (April)
An Act of Madness, Bailieborough Library, Cavan, Co Cavan

2024 
A Joining of Self, Solstice Arts Centre, Meath, Ireland

2023
A Joining of Self, The Darkroom, Dublin

2020
An Act of Madness, was Johnston Library, Cavan, Co Cavan – Virtual
Welcome to Graceland, Bailieborough Library, Co Cavan

2019
Welcome to Graceland, Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin
An Act of Madness, exhibition and book launch, Book Market, Kells, Meath (in collaboration with author Martin Towey)

2018
An Essence of Presence, Bailieborough Library, Co Cavan.

2017
An Essence of Presence, Tuar Ard Arts Centre, Co Westmeath.
Collaborative video display for artist Michelle Boyle and Bailieborough Lit Lab at Bailieborough Poetry Festival.

2016
Stories That Remain Untold, Dunshaughlin Library, Co Meath;
Stories That Remain Untold, Dunboyne Library, Co Meath.

2015 
Stories That Remain Untold, The Book Market, Kells, Co Meath;
Stories That Remain Untold, Oldcastle Library, Co Meath.

2011
Kells Market Day, Kells Chamber of Commerce, Kells, County Meath

2007
Come to the Fair, Diamond Cinema, Navan, County Meath
Expo, The Railway Bar, Kells, Meath (with Patrick Morris and Ian Rogan)

Select Group Exhibitions

2025-2026
Field Notes, Reverve Artist Collective, Hinterland Festival, Kells
The Four Elements, IOVA Photography Collective, Gallery X, Dublin
Abandoned, Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, Scotland
Chronicles of Intimacy, k:art studios, The Pie Factory, Margate, UK
Surveyor, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Co Meath
Beneath the Veil, The House of Smalls, EdinburghBloodroot, Hamilton Gallery/Pulchri Studio, The Hague & Sligo
Lucid Dreams, Gallery X, Iova Photography Group, Dublin

2021-2024
Return to the Sea, Shutter Hub, Worthing, UK
Humilis, Reverve Artist Collective, Hinterland Festival, Kells
Else Time, MFA Degree Show, Belfast Exposed Gallery, Belfast
Cover Versions, RHA Gallery, Dublin
Surveyor, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Co Meath
Change, The Darkroom, Dublin
Rhythms, ReVerve Artist Collective, Signal Arts Centre & Portumna Castle 
Resonance, ReVerve Artist Collective, Clonmellon, Westmeath
‘Now’, Kells Type Trail, Kells, Meath
‘Identity’, Kells Type Trail, Kells, Meath

2013-2019
Surveyor, Solstice Arts Centre, Meath.
Postcard 1916, Old Post Office, Clones, Monaghan.
Surveyor, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Meath;
Missing Meath, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Meath.
Traces, Pop Up Gallery, Kennedy Road, Navan, Meath
Surveyor, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Meath

2012
Instant Love Polaroid Exhibition, Mad Art Gallery, Gardiner St, Dublin 1.

2006-2011
Idireadra, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Meath
When I Close My Eyes, Toradh Gallery, Civic Offices, Ashbourne, Meath
The Portugal Trip, Kells Heritage Centre, Kells, Meath
Brú na Bóinne, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Meath
The Burren, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Meath
Horizons – Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Meath
Life in the Lane – Metges Lane, Navan, Meath
Moynalty Steam Threshing – Moynalty, Meath
People’s Photography – Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2
Inside Out – Irish Life Mall, Abbey Street, Dublin 1

Memberships
Visual Artists’ Ireland
ReVerve Artist Collective
Creative Spark